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Oof, that was quite melancholy for such a short book! I do enjoy Tom Gauld's art, this is very much characteristic of it, and surprisingly moody.

Melancholy slice of life graphic novel featuring Moon Cop and an increasingly small human presence on the moon.

Moon police is a cartoon about the absurdity of the policeman duty on a deserted moon base. Tom Gauld humor is absolutely fabulous.

Comic about a policeman on an increasingly isolated Moon. I didn't buy it for the COVID link, but...

I don‘t think I am the prime audience for most graphic novels, but this was very short and sweet. And kinda sad. And my name was in it. 😀

Sad but sweet, with a wry humour. Lovely artwork. #graphicnovel

2018 // 024 | Mooncop - Tom Gauld | 2016 | 94pp

The lunar colony, once popular, is dwindling in size, everyday loosing more & more of its number. Our protagonist, a member of the moon‘s police force, spends his day patrolling, offering what help he can, & generally doing anything he can possibility find to fill his time as everything around him falls away. @tomgauld presents a simple text that explores the depths of loneliness and futility.

I love Tom Gauld and this graphic novel about the lunar colony‘s sole cop is no exception. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Took less than 10 minutes to read. Somber sweet cartoon about automation and loneliness. 🌔

#day1 #septembowie #spaceoddity This graphic novel is so sweet and melancholy, about the loneliness of a cop, where the community is disappearing .... A 10-minute sitting read that really tugged at my heartstrings 💕

Trying to get some 7 in 7 readathon reading in before work!

Love Gauld's matter-of-fact style in this short little book about a lunar colony and the cop in charge as he goes about his daily routine! #graphicnovel

It was interesting...#graphicnovel

Sweet and rather sad. #fantasy #moon #romance

Fun read.

Meh. The artwork is really nice and the book definitely conveys the melancholy and loneliness of the moon. Slight humor, although very subtle. I just wanted something a little more.

#aneeyorekindofread #aprilbookshowers "Each day that the Mooncop goes to work, life gets a little quieter and a little lonelier."

#day28 #aprilbookshowers #aneeyorekindofread This sad, sweet melancholy little graphic novel has a definite Eeyore vibe 💕

It's a really nice adult graphic novel. I really enjoyed it! I'm giving away my copy on my Instagram account (bookish.juju). If you live in the US or in Canada, don't hesitate to check it out ;)

Cute, quick, a touch sad, a lot human even among all the robots.

The lonely story of a cop on the moon with a dwindling population. The illustrations are adorable. I love the little moon parks.

Today was hard. So this lovely, oddly melancholy graphic novel did the trick. I love the art & the blue color palette. It doesn't feel sad to me, it just quietly speaks to so much that we feel wandering through life. The mooncop and his empty world are weird and comforting - even when everyone is moving to Hawaii to see their kids, he can still get a space donut and keep his case solve rate at 100%...

⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was super short and spare, a very melancholy little graphic novel. I liked it, but didn't love it. I read it in about 10 minutes, so I'm really glad I saved $20 and checked it out of the library. Worth your time, but it didn't change my life, just gave me a middling amount of feels. The art is perfect for the tone, however.

"Living on the moon... Whatever were we thinking?.." nice, nostalgic, very fast to be read...

The attention-seeking cat was having none of my photo shoot! In any case, this short, cute, and very bittersweet graphic novel involves a cop in a dwindling moon settlement. The 8th grader is reading it next--probably on the way to school tomorrow! #blameitonlitsy #catsoflitsy

Adorable!

This is a cute, short graphic novel about a guy who is a cop on the moon. It's a dream come true, except that nothing much happens on the moon and likewise not much happens in the book. There is no crime and everyone slowly moves back to Earth until it's just the mooncop and the woman who serves him doughnuts everyday, and then -- well, then nothing else happens. I do like the drawings where he sits at night and looks at the Earth, though.

Time for a graphic novel break.

A quick read. Good artwork. Smart and a little sad.

First #graphicnovel of 2017 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Intimately relatable for anyone who's ever felt alienated from their work or the dimming possibility of achieving a dream. Mooncop's a heartfelt little comedy, rendered in deadpan silence, absurd bureaucratic oversights, and the lonely absence of its title's promises adventures. But its bleaker moments, in the end, are balanced by small victories and unexpected moments of real beauty.

Very quick read. The titular cop observes people returning to Earth from the sparsely populated moon. Slightly melancholy with a bit of wry humor.

A short but perfect escape from the stack of manuscripts I need to get through before the holidays...

Loved this slim graphic novel. Dry humor wrapped in melancholy.

Beautiful and melancholy and aridly funny. It's not quite the emotional gut-punch that GOLIATH was, but close.

Just as lovely and fun as I expected!

"42"

"I'm going to stop at the donut shop and get coffee."-Mooncop

So sweet. The lonely atmosphere of a fading lunar colony highlights the beauty and warmth of hope and human connection.

A quick and fun read, very heartwarming and droll

Mooncop hugged my ❤️.

Almost done work for the day - just need to write my TinyLetter! It's fun to put together, but I'm also happy when I can get back to reading. This book is the treat I have waiting for me when I'm finish! 😊

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I adored this short graphic novel about a cop at a lunar colony that was slowly being abandoned. Great art and full of absurdist humor. Also SPAAAAAACE!

Two of the many bookish strips from MOONCOP, the FCBD edition.